Pearce_Amps-History PDF written by Dan, and a quote from... an associate?
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Fyedeaux
Dec 10, 2013, 6:32:40 PM12/10/13
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http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-central-station/196063-history-pearce-amps-interesting-article-business-design.html#post4615461
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revisionist history
dan forgets that while the schindlers were there his company was in the black month-to-month for the first time in its history, and also had its first and only million-dollar year in sales.
he also neglects to mention that he was not a musician, spoke down to musicians, told musicians (including high-profile players) they were wrong when they had issues, and thumbed his nose at ALL tube amps and those that chose to play through them, alienating a big chunk of his potential market. his t-shirts (yes, there were t-shirts a plenty) pissed off tube players on multiple continents. they were his arrogance in apparel.
additionally, dan insisted on THE most expensive knobs, graphics, steel and more, and priced himself out of the market. that's why the company was far from profitable from the get-go. dan also insisted on offering locally-made speaker cabinets, which were a huge money loser.
in the case of dan's much-hyped b2p powered bass amp, he dictated a fixed-speed cooling fan that was so loud it got joel dibartolo ridiculed when he tried to use it on The Tonight Show set. THAT was an interesting phone call to take...
and, post-schindler, dan put out the epic fail that was the g3 combo, which had a single TUBE for distortion, at the urging of an employee the schindlers hired - now a wonderful boutique amp builder - named curt emery.
even the players that worked in his own factory did not believe in dan's designs, or, mostly, even gig with his gear. the bc1 bass pre-amp is the exception. that sucker is solid.
the schindlers did not have an easy time dealing with rand capital, either. and rand capital was dan's choice, not theirs. his company had failed to make a profit and bled rand's VC for 8 years before they entered the picture.
i'm pretty sure i only broke one or two coffee cups, and certainly because i had to talk to the players that dan had pissed off by talking down to them.
someone's bitter. and a bit deluded.
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cjirie
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revisionist history
dan forgets that while the schindlers were there his company was in the black month-to-month for the first time in its history, and also had its first and only million-dollar year in sales.
he also neglects to mention that he was not a musician, spoke down to musicians, told musicians (including high-profile players) they were wrong when they had issues, and thumbed his nose at ALL tube amps and those that chose to play through them, alienating a big chunk of his potential market. his t-shirts (yes, there were t-shirts a plenty) pissed off tube players on multiple continents. they were his arrogance in apparel.
additionally, dan insisted on THE most expensive knobs, graphics, steel and more, and priced himself out of the market. that's why the company was far from profitable from the get-go. dan also insisted on offering locally-made speaker cabinets, which were a huge money loser.
in the case of dan's much-hyped b2p powered bass amp, he dictated a fixed-speed cooling fan that was so loud it got joel dibartolo ridiculed when he tried to use it on The Tonight Show set. THAT was an interesting phone call to take...
and, post-schindler, dan put out the epic fail that was the g3 combo, which had a single TUBE for distortion, at the urging of an employee the schindlers hired - now a wonderful boutique amp builder - named curt emery.
even the players that worked in his own factory did not believe in dan's designs, or, mostly, even gig with his gear. the bc1 bass pre-amp is the exception. that sucker is solid.
the schindlers did not have an easy time dealing with rand capital, either. and rand capital was dan's choice, not theirs. his company had failed to make a profit and bled rand's VC for 8 years before they entered the picture.
i'm pretty sure i only broke one or two coffee cups, and certainly because i had to talk to the players that dan had pissed off by talking down to them.
someone's bitter. and a bit deluded.
Travis Hartnett
Dec 10, 2013, 7:22:49 PM12/10/13
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Always interesting to hear from Pearce ex-employees. History is written by the victors, or whoever bothers to write it down, and there's been precious little about the inner workings of Pearce.
The "anti-tube" thing always seemed a bit sticky. On one hand, the amps were designed to appeal to people who wanted things that tubes didn't offer. On the other hand, you had to try and convince people that a non-tube amp had the desirable characteristics of a tube amp, and wasn't just a cheap alternative. I remember the Ronnie Montrose ad where he complained about the unreliability of tubes--I wonder how much of that was from him, and how much (if any) was from marketing.
Thanks for weighing in.
TH
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skate punq
Dec 12, 2013, 3:13:48 AM12/12/13
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Speaking of weigh(t)ing, I wonder how Dan handled the odd- and even-ordered harmonics with the technology available at the time. The only thing that mooted the tube v. SS debate was digital modelling. Yet I still miss my old A.R.T. DST-825 Rules Breaker sometimes, though it had a 'cold' tube pre, which isn't exactly the real deal
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